Carpenter&#39;s hand-hammer



UNIVTE STA SANFORD s; VAUGHAN, oFoAKPAR'K, ILLINOIS.

jcAnrmv'rnns HAND-HAMMER.

Specification of Letters Patent. 'Patnte 1 26 1920 Application filedNovember 24, 1917. Serial no. 203,656.

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oak Park, in thecounty-of Cook-and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new anduseful Improvements in Carpenters" Hand-Hammers, of which the followingis a specification. I H

. My invention relates to hand hammers such as are used by carpentersfor driving nails. has special reference to an addition to the hammerhandle, resulting in a combined hammer and nail waxing device, theobject of which is to afford convenience to the workman and eifect asaving in his time, labor. and material. A

lVhen carpenters are driving nails in hard wood, for instance in layinghard wood floors, it is their practice to coat at least the pointportions of the nails with beeswax to facilitate their passage throughthe wood. 1

The workman usually carries a chunk of the wax in his overalls pocket orkeeps the samelying handy while being thus engaged. Frequently the waxso handled becomes lost or V misplaced, usually it is full of dirt andchips, and at all times it is subject to considerable wastage in thebreaking away of pieces while being used and also by being rubbed andworn by the tools and other objects in the pockets and in the kit.

The present improvements contemplate a supply of the wax in asubstantially inclosed well or recess in the handle of the hammer used,the receptacle being adapted to contain a material quantity of'the waxand maintain it in clean condition, avoid its wastage, insure itspresence-when and where needed, and render the operation of coating thenail rapid and easy.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a sideview of a hammer showing the Well and its closure by dotted lines; A V 7Fig.2 is a sectional fragment showing the closure for the well in itsinitial'form and location ready to be secured in substantially permanentposition; and c Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the device of Fig. 2with the closure in its final relative position.

Preferably axially of the handle a boring is made of substantialdiameter resulting in the well 10, having a sufficient depth to receivea considerable portion of the larger sized nails. In practice I make thewell metal 13.

' itsshape seen in Fig. 8, whereupon, owing 1 to its enlargement indiameter due toflatabout one and one-half inches deep. Surrounding theopen end of the well 10 the 7 wood is preferably countersunk orrecessed, as shown at 11,:to a depth 'suflicient to accommodate thepreferably metallic plate-like closure '13 whereby theplate will lieprefera ably almost flush with the handle end. The plate is providedwith a simple opening 15- therethrough which is relatively small withrespect to the diameter of the well and is' 'preferably only largeenough to admit easily the larger sizes of nails which are likely to beused. A three-sixteenths of an inch opening: will be suff cient forallordinarypurposes. The plate 13 is preferably a circular disklikemetallic stamping initially concavo-convex in form,fand, when infitsinitial shape, as shown in Fig. 2, has a diameter just 'sufficientto enable it to enter thecircular re- 'cess 11,-which circular recess ispreferably slightly deefier than the thickness of the y means ofpressure, such as ahammer blow, the disk 13 is flattened into toning, itbecomes tightly engaged with the surrounding wood by compressingthefibers thereof and causing an overlapping bur seen at20, Fig. 3', thedisk 13 being thus quite rigidly held inposition. As thehandle becomesolder and more seasoned the contraction of the wood tends to bind thedisk 13 still more tightly. While the disk 13 the opening 15, which mayconveniently be .done byv melting the wax and pouring it through theopening 15 or by forcing the wax directly through the hole. 7

In operation the workman holds the hammer in one hand while reaching fora nail with the other; Having picked up a nail he simply inserts theend-thereof through the nail hole 15 and intothe body of the wax 18causing it to become coated 1 thereby. It sometimes happens that aconsiderable quantity of the wax adheres to the nail, but, owing to thesmall size of the openingin the 105 closure plate, the excess isautomatically scraped away and remains in the well,and thus a saving ofwax is effected in this regard. The restricted size of the opening 15and its preferred axial arrangement with respect to the well effectivelyavoids the loss of particles of wax whichmay become loosened froni themain body, and the opening is I also so located with respect-tothesidesof the handle that when the handle'is lying about dirt, chips,shavings and thelike are effectively prevented from getting into theWell. a

- An important feature of these improvethe lightness of the added part,and the ease 'o'foperation in service.

It is not broadly newto provide'a hammer handle with a Well therein fora lubricant together With a closure for the'well, and I do not claimsuchas my invention. Reference shouldbehad to the appended claims todetermine. the

scope of the invention herein set forth.

"I claim: "1 '1. A 'woodenflhammer handlehaving a longitudinal bore inone end forming a Well and having a countersink about the opening of thevvell, a plate-like member having lateral dimensions greater than thecorresponding dimensions of the said countersink, said member beingWithin the countersink and compressing the Wood fibers at the edgesthereofso that said fibers overhang the peripheral edges of the saidmember, the memthe Well; v v V 2. A wooden hammer handlehav'ing alongitudinal boring in one end forming a Well for Wax'or similarlubricant and having a countersink about the opening of the Well foraccommodating therein a plate-like closure, a fiat, plate-like closurelocked against movement in said countersink by' Wood fibers overhangingthe outer periph eral edge of the closure, the Wood fibers at the edgeof and in the plane or" the closure being under compression, thevclosure having a hole therethrough of less cross areathan rt'ha't of theWell and leading into the Well,

substantially as set forth and described.

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